Poetry - Study & teaching
Articles
- Opening Address, English Conference, Macquarie University
Probably I have something of a reputation for criticising the present methods of teaching poetry in schools and even universities, and maybe this is why…
1 May 1978 - Poetry into Life, Life into Poetry: Judith Wright and the Academy
Recently, one of Australia's leading poets, Judith Wright, com plained about the way poetry is taught in schools and universities. This was certainly not the…
1 May 1979 - Poetry’s ‘Formative Power’: Teaching Poetry in Tasmania 1900-1950
Poetry has always featured in formal learning programs, but both its function and importance have varied over time according to political and social needs. In…
1 October 2005